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Update: (Found the search function :-) ) Apparently there are two wrenches and one screwdriver and so its back to the dealer to get the missing item.

Hi

I just joined the forum after taking delivery of my first BMW ever, the X3 in black. I have'nt even had a chance to read the manual yet but will get to that eventually.

I'm sure this forum will answer many of my questions over the next few months/years but here is one to get things going. Opening up the little cubby holes in the back and found a little tool kit on the left side. There seems to be a missing wrench. I've got three things in there but there seems to be a place for another wrench. Can someone let me and i'll get back to the dealer ASAP.

I'm missing something in the tool kit slot as well. I think that there might be something in there that customs may remove when the car arrives in the states (I didn't check what tools were in there when I picked up the car for european delivery, so I can't say if something was ever removed after redelivery), or perhaps there never was any tool in that slot in the first place.

The RAV4 with the V6 is quick in a straight line. Consumer Reports clocked 6.7 seconds. Forester XT is 7.4. X3 in the same test is 7.9 seconds.

X3 wins in the handling tests. It also has better brakes. The X3 is faster than the RAV4 in the trailer pulling test too.

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CR always gets lousy numbers because they have incompetent test drivers. I remember they tested a X5 3.0i and got like 10.5 secs.

They test the cars like their readers would drive them.

We liked the Forrester. Not a luxury car, but quite competent and pleasant to drive.

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Well, ive had the car for a week now with 170km on the clock and i found out what people have been talking about re the transmission. This thing does'nt know which gear to choose in the 1-2-3 range whether upshifting or downshifting. And it has no sense of coasting ability, take your foot off the gas before a red light in the distance and you run the risk of being rear ended as the car almost grinds to a complete crawl. So i called the dealer and its been taken back this afternoon (they came and picked it up and left a 321xi). At first they talked about an adaptive transmission learning time but coasting has nothing to do with learning.

Sounds like it is shifting as if Hill Descent Control is stuck on. -- Did it happen when you got below 35 km/h ?

Does that happen in Sport program, Drive program or both?

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